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		<title>Dollar bets are the next step in the slow walk to pokies reform</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Feb 2013 01:08:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The ACGT media release is available as a PDF here. Australian Churches Gambling Taskforce chair, Rev Tim Costello said today that $1 maximum bets on poker machines are the next logical step in efforts to curb problem gambling in Australia. &#8230; <a href="http://gamblingreform.org/2013/02/dollar-bets-are-the-next-step-in-the-slow-walk-to-pokies-reform/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Historic pokies legislation a win for Australian communities</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Dec 2012 23:28:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The ACGT media release is available as a PDF here. The Australian Churches Gambling Taskforce congratulates the Federal Government on successfully navigating the historic poker machine reform legislation through the Federal Parliament this week. Taskforce Chair, Rev Tim Costello said &#8230; <a href="http://gamblingreform.org/2012/12/historic-pokies-legislation-a-win-for-australian-communities/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Pokies legislation a win for Australian families</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Oct 2012 22:43:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The ACGT media release is available as a PDF here. The Australian Churches Gambling Taskforce has welcomed the support of the Australian Greens for the Federal Government’s historic gambling reform legislation, which will be introduced in the House of Representatives &#8230; <a href="http://gamblingreform.org/2012/11/pokies-legislation-a-win-for-australian-families/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Pokies reform looks set for a slow start</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 May 2012 04:35:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ACGT Media Release Australian Churches Gambling Taskforce Chair Reverend Tim Costello today acknowledged Andrew Wilkie’s decision to support the Government’s poker machine reform legislation. But he said the National Gambling Reform Bill 2012 represents a significant compromise on the original &#8230; <a href="http://gamblingreform.org/2012/05/pokies-reform-looks-set-for-a-slow-start/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Statement on Poker Machine Reform</title>
		<link>http://gamblingreform.org/2012/04/statement-on-poker-machine-reform/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Apr 2012 06:14:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ACGT Statement The Australian Churches Gambling Taskforce brings together leaders of the major Christian churches in Australia and the heads of their social services arms nationally. The Taskforce is united by a commitment to reduce the very substantive harm caused &#8230; <a href="http://gamblingreform.org/2012/04/statement-on-poker-machine-reform/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>New England Churches back poker machine reform</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Mar 2012 04:27:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ACGT Media Release Local Churches in Federal electorate of New England in New South Wales have given a thousand signed postcards to local federal member, Tony Windsor, in a show of solidarity for poker machine reform. New South Wales Churches &#8230; <a href="http://gamblingreform.org/2012/03/new-england-churches-back-poker-machine-reform/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Poker Machine Reform will continue</title>
		<link>http://gamblingreform.org/2012/01/poker-machine-reform-will-continue/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Jan 2012 00:13:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ACGT Media Release Australian Churches Gambling Taskforce Chair Rev Tim Costello said today’s decision to postpone poker machine reform has dealt a harsh blow to some of Australia’s most vulnerable citizens. Speaking shortly after the Prime Minister’s announcement, Rev Costello &#8230; <a href="http://gamblingreform.org/2012/01/poker-machine-reform-will-continue/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Churches solid on poker machine reform</title>
		<link>http://gamblingreform.org/2011/12/churches-solid-on-poker-machine-reform/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Dec 2011 01:12:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ACGT Media Release The major Christian churches in Australia have reaffirmed their commitment to the Government’s proposed poker machine reform this morning in the face of Catholic priest Father Chris Riley’s apparent support for the inaccurate, well-funded industry campaign. Reverend &#8230; <a href="http://gamblingreform.org/2011/12/churches-solid-on-poker-machine-reform/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Churches say poker machine reform will continue</title>
		<link>http://gamblingreform.org/2011/11/churches-say-poker-reform-will-continue/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Nov 2011 22:22:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ACGT Media Release Australian Churches Gambling Taskforce Chair, Rev Tim Costello said he has no doubt the Government will continue its poker machine reforms, despite the changes made in the House of Representatives today. Speaking shortly after Liberal Party member &#8230; <a href="http://gamblingreform.org/2011/11/churches-say-poker-reform-will-continue/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Churches bring poker machine reform message to Canberra</title>
		<link>http://gamblingreform.org/2011/11/churches-bring-poker-machine-reform-message-to-canberra/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Nov 2011 04:18:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ACGT Media Release Australian Churches Gambling Taskforce Chair, Rev Tim Costello said the poker machine reform debate must move beyond politics and business and focus on the people whose lives are affected by poker machine addiction and those who are &#8230; <a href="http://gamblingreform.org/2011/11/churches-bring-poker-machine-reform-message-to-canberra/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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